A YEAR IN FOREST RESERVATIONS. W. C. Bartlett MY SWEETHEART. Frances Anne Cowles THROUGH THE EMERALD ISLE. II. Adelaide S. Hall..... EL CIGARRITO. Isaac Jenkinson-Frazee IN GUATEMALA.-II. N. H. Castle... THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF WAR. Jack London ETC.... BOOK REVIEWS. PUBLISHER'S COLUMN Overland Monthly Publishing Company San Francisco: Flood Building, Market St. 243 250 256 257 264 265 278 282 287 xxi The Pacific Coast: San Francisco News Co. New York and Chicago: The American News Co. Honolulu: Soper & Co. Entered at San Francisco Post-office as Second-class matter. Continental Building and ◄◄ Loan Association OF CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHED IN 1889 HOME OFFICE. 222 Sansome Street San Francisco, Cal. WM. CORBIN, Secretary and General Manager In writing to advertisers please mention the OVERLAND. DRUDGERY AS A FINE ART dull routine, but so is life. And whether either is "good or ill depend on how you take it." "It is quite possible," Marion Harland says, "to make housekeeping pleasant even to lovers of the beautiful"-And while many may doubt, it is but fair to her that they should read and digest the remarkable chapter she has written on this subject. It will convert many to her way of thinking, for it is practical; what she has tried herself and induced others to try. The housekeeper misses much who fails to read the fifth chapter in the third volume of her BITS OF COMMON SENSE SERIES CONTENTS OF THE FOUR VOLUMES: Vol. I.-Health Topics Chap. I. The Medicine Chest. Tells what physic should be thrown to the dogs and what kept on hand for accidents. Chap. II. The Latest Arrival. How the baby should be dressed, and how and what garments for it should be made. Chap. III. Food for Infants. Of simple and healthy preparations to take the place of mother's milk. Chap. IV. Baby's Clothes. How they should be made and worn to keep him comfortable and clean. Chap. V. The Second Summer." A few simple precautions that will carry the infant safely through his peril. Chap. VI. Sickness in the Family. Hints in nursing that are of more importance than the doctor's prescriptions. Chap. VII. Brainy Children. The danger in forcing them beyond their normal mental powers. Chap. VIII. Poor Cookery. The frying-pan responsible for much marital unhappiness. Chap. IX. Good Cooking. The morals of the world depend on the skill of its cooks. Vol. II.-Home Topics Chap. I. Helpful or Harmful. Wherein the folly of trying to be too clean is clearly set forth. Chap. II. Manners for Every Day. Little acts of rudeness and vulgarity that are to be avoided. Chap. III. Our Girl and Bad Books. Why she should read only those that cannot harm her. Chap. IV. Politeness as Policy. Showing how courtesy sometimes pays well and rudeness never. Chap. V. Our Feet and Our Hands. Treatment that will keep them always in perfect condition. Chap. VI. Window Gardening. Cheap and simple ferneries that delight the eye and beautify the home. Chap. VII. Household Gardening. How the plants are to be chosen and how cared for. Chap. VIII. The Marriage Tie. In which the disappointed are advised to make the best of it. Chap. IX. What Not to Wear. A protest against diseasebreeding skirts and strong colors. Vol. III.-Household Management Chap. I. Housekeeping Made Easy. What makes it hard in American homes, and the practical remedy for it. Chap. II. Ways and Ways of Work. How the brains may save the heels and find time for all things. Chap. III. Beds and Bed-making. The way to make sleeping a foretaste of heaven. Chap. IV. How to Save Time. Little things that help tired hands and feet in the routine of housekeeping. Chap. V. Fine Art in Drudgery." How peeling potatoes and washing dishes may be made a pleasure. Chap. VI. Spring House Cleaning. How it may be made less of a nuisance than the comic papers represent it. Chap. VII. Wanted-A Change. Why servants do not stay, and why mistresses are not satisfied with them. Chap. VIII. Where the Shoe Pinches. How it depends upon the head of the house what the servants will be. Chap. IX. The Intelligence Office. Reasons why noth ing good can come from one plainly set forth. Vol. IV. Cooking Hints Chap. I. Rural Hospitality. Delightful ways to entertain friends in suburb or country. Chap. II. The Uses of Eggs. Many novel ways in which they can be made nutritive and ornamental. Chap. III. Diet and Homes. Good temper requires good digestion and this knowledge of food. Chap. IV. The Ladies' Luncheon. Why every housekeeper should give them, and go to them. Chap. V. The Invariable Potato. Its common use due to superstition and not to its popularity. Chap. VI. Between Seasons. The possibilities in canned goods and how they can be utilized. Chap. VII. Hot Weather Dishes. jaded appetite with odd little changes. How to tempt the Chap. VIII. Under Protest. 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